The Associated Press

The Associated Press is the largest news-gathering organization in the world, disseminating news stories, photographs, graphics, audio and video.

Operating as a not-for-profit cooperative and based in New York City, the AP is owned by 1,500 daily newspaper members in the United States. Its mission is to be a global news network. The AP has more than 4,000 employees working in more than 240 bureaus throughout the world. Founded in 1846, the AP considers itself to be the world's most trusted independent news source.

The cooperative, running in a 24-hour news cycle, helps members distribute their stories and other content to other members and also picks up member stories for its use. It distributes content to 121 countries and in four languages. The AP has won 49 Pulitzer Prizes in reporting and story-telling and 30 for photography.

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The Cavaliers upset No. 2 Florida State at home in 1995, but...

The Associated Press is reporting Allen Iverson will spend a month with a team in the Dominican Republic. The report states Iverson, who left the NBA in 2010, will arrive in the Dominican on Sunday.
Iverson, who was the 2001 NBA MVP while playing for the...

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HAMPTON
Other than assist totals that make one wonder if the official scorer has been drinking, the ways Jericka Jenkins wills Hampton University to wins don't always show up in box scores.
On Saturday night, though, her value couldn't have been...

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When Ndamukong Suh is able to get back to work, he expects to encounter a positive, winning attitude — in Detroit.
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